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10-14-2003

Glenn Wilson and The Jazzmaniacs

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I pre se nts I Glenn Wilson I and I The Jazzmaniacs I I I I I I Center for the F erfonning Arts T uesda_y E_vening I October 1+, 200) 8,oo p- m. I This is the twent_y-first program of the 2007-200+ seasons. I I I f rogram About the Anists.. .

Program to be selected from the following: I I Gle1111 Wilson - Barito11e Sax One of the top baritone saxophonists in today, Glenn is a graduate of the Dana School of One Man's Blues Thomas Chapin Music, Youngstown State University where he was a member of the award winning Jazz Ensemble led by Anthony Leonardi In his years in ( 1977-1991), Glenn Ifl Only Had Seven Giant Brains Glenn Wilson I I toured and recorded with Buddy Rich, , Machito, Tito Puente, The Bill Kirchner Nonet, Mel Lewis, Toshiko Akiyoshi, and The Ensemb le. He has recorded 6 solo albums and has appeared on 21 others as a sideman. Glenn has been awarded Lester Left Town a grant by the National Endowment for the Arts and bis CDs are featured in the I I Grcunmaphone Guide to Good Jazz and The Penguin Guide to Jazz. He has been named in Rory Stuart Sweet Thing Downbeat magazine Critics Poll as "Talent Deserving Wider Recognition". Glenn has also recorded and toured with rock pianist Bruce Hornsby. Glenn's latest CD, "One Man 's All the Things You Could Be By Now If Sigmund Freud's Wife Was Your Mother I I Blues'' on Sunnyside features Steve Kessler, Jim Masters and Tony Martucci. (The Charles Mingus Jazzmaniacs).

Little Lady Lydia Glenn Wilson I I Steve Kessler - Piano This I Dig of You Hank Mobley A pianist of the first rank with his own concept and style (Virigina's Style Magazine), jazz pianist Steve Kesslc::r has been playing for decades throughout the county as leader of his own trio and quartet, as a solo pianist as well as performing with many great Jazz artists. To Wisdom The Prize I I In addition to his work with Glenn Wilson, Steve has performed with , 's Thundering Herd, Johnny Coles, , Bob Moses, Rene Marie Edwin Drake It Was A Very Good Year and countless others. He was named in Downbeat magazine Critics Poll as "Talent Deserving Wider Recognition' and has been regularly featured at Jazz festivals, colleges Finder's Keepers I I and clubs including the Kennedy Center, The Spoleto Festival and The Deerhead Inn. Debbie's Tune Steve Kessler Jim Masters - Bass Jimmy Masters' musical career spans over 30 years and has found him performing every More Than Two, It's Five Jim Masters I I kind of music, from jazz to avante garde, classical, rock and country and bluegrass. He has been playing the acoustic bass for over 20 years. He has performed on the Eastern seaboard from Boston to Altanta, as, well as touring in Europe. He has appeared on over 10 Mayberry R.I.P Steve Kessler recordings with various artists, including Glenn Wilson for , and I I vocalist Laura Martier on the VSOJAZ Records label. He has also recorded for National Public Radio & Television, and served as Producer on 2 very well received recordings on the VSOJAZ Records label. He has taught jazz bass both privately and at the college level., and has been involved in clinics and lectures discussing the role of the bass in jazz. I/ I To11y Martucci - Drums Tony Martucci has cultivated an original and interpretive drum style that is both supportive and interactive, reflecting his deep understanding of the jazz traditi.on and his vast stylistic I I inf1ut;nces. He has performed and/or recorded with , Gary Burton, Charli e Byrd, Eddie Daniels, Joe Henderson, , James Moody, Joshua Redman , , and Glenn Wilson among many others. Tony has 2 recordings as a leader 'Earth Tones' and 'Collage' on Sound Judgment Records, featu ring Joe Lovano, I I , Ellery Eskel_in, Marc Copland and . Tony recently performed a solo percussion concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC and is one of I I Washington's most in-demand drummers. I I Selected Discograph_t_j I

Solo recordings: Impasse - Cadence Jazz Records - CJR 1023 Elusive - Sunnyside Conummications - SSC 1030 Bittersweet - Smu1yside Conmmnications - SSC 1057 Lee's Keys Please - Timeless S.TP284 I Blue Porpoise Avenue - Sunnyside Communications - SSC1074 One Man's Blues - Sunnyside Conmmnication - SSC! 087

Buddy Rich I The Huddy Rich Band - MCA 5186

Lionel Hampton I Live in Japan - CDSJP 175

Bob Belden Ensemble Treasure Island - Sunnyside Conmmnications SSC 1041 I The Music of Sting - - 95137 Le Cigale (Live in Paris) - Sunnyside Communications - 1079 Turandot - Blue Note Records TOCJ-5731 (CDP7998292) I

Bill Kirchner Nonct What It Is To Be Frank - SeaBreeze SB20 I 0 I Infant Eyes ~ SeaBreeze SB2017

Drnce Hornsby Harbor Lights c BMG I Hot House - BMG I I

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